Month: October 2013

A judge today ordered a preliminary hearing to begin Wednesday for a former Indian Wells elementary school teacher accused of molesting eight children. The preliminary hearing will determine if there is enough evidence for Robert Keith Bryan to proceed to trial on 12 felony counts of committing a lewd act with a child under 14

UPDATE: Governor Brown signs AB 1213 the Bobcat Protection Act of 2013 into law . The following story was produced before the bill was signed into law… Hiking around his home near Joshua Tree National Park last January, Tom O’Key found something out of place. “It was sort of a cage and I recognized it

UPDATE: Linda Murillo called with an update… She said because of our story, she received an incredible response and someone actually made an anonymous donation to Wiefel’s Palm Springs Mortuary paying for the entire cost of Mercier’s cremation. Murillo would like to personally thank the community for their support today. She plans to use the

Three honorees at Saturday Night’s Equality California Palm Springs Equality Awards will not make the event due to the federal government shutdown. Jesse Melgar of Equality California confirmed to News Channel 3 Friday afternoon that honoree U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, along with Congressman Ruiz and Congressman Mark Takano, of Riverside,

A new poll by Public Policy Polling shows that American voters do not think very highly of the job that Congress is doing. Compared to several universally disliked things, Congress did even worse. The full results can be found here. When asked if voters approve or disapprove of the job Congress is doing the results

El Departamento de Agricultura de Estados Unidos (USDA por sus siglas en ingls) dijo que las tres plantas procesadoras de pollo Foster Farms que se ubican en California y que fueron ligadas con la Salmonella pueden permanecer abiertas por ahora. La USDA dijo en un informe que las plantas realizaron cambios inmediatos en el proceso

The Agriculture Department says three California poultry processing facilities linked to a salmonella outbreak in raw chicken can stay open, for now. In a statement Thursday, the USDA said Foster Farms, which owns the facilities, has made, quote, “immediate substantive changes to their slaughter and processing to allow for continued operations.” The department threatened earlier

A woman testified tearfully Thursday that a doctor groped her two consecutive days during a stint as medical assistant at the Palm Springs clinic where he worked. Dr. Daniel Glywn Walters, a 67-year-old pulmonologist, is charged with five misdemeanor counts of sexual battery. He was arrested March 7 and is free on $3,500 bail. In

Governor Jerry Brown has signed legislation that will ensure workers in industries such as agriculture and landscaping get rest breaks during hot weather. Under the legislation from Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla of Los Angeles, workers exposed to extreme heat must be granted cool-down periods during the work day. Padilla’s office says SB435 is intended to

The proposed expansion of the San Diego Convention Center cleared its final regulatory hurdle Thursday when it was approved by the California Coastal Commission. The decision came during the second of three days of commission meetings in Mission Valley. Commission staff had recommended that the project be denied. Commissioner Greg Cox, who also is a

Spa Resort Casino in Palm Springs will host the 47th annual World’s Championship Chili Cook-off this weekend. The three-day event runs from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday through Sunday and will feature 400 competitors, 50 vendors and food trucks along with live music on two stages. The event is sanctioned by the International Chili

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire dropped to its lowest amount since Jan. 30 Friday, falling eight-tenths of a cent to $3.803. The average price in Riverside and San Bernardino counties has decreased for 23 consecutive days and is 6.2 cents less than one week ago, 11.1

A weekend of “kick off” events for February’s Palm Springs Modernism Week starts today. The run-up events go through Monday and include walking, biking and bus tours of the region’s architecture, cocktail parties, a lecture and a “yard sale.” Modernism Week is scheduled Feb. 13-23 and celebrates the popular design aesthetic from the 1950s and

A teenage boy was struck and killed by a Metrolink train at a rail crossing in Riverside today. The accident was reported at 5:58 p.m. at the Madison Street crossing, near Indiana Avenue. The victim was hit by a train heading from Orange County to San Bernardino, Metrolink’s Jeff Lustgarten said Riverside Fire department paramedics

The Press-Enterprise will be sold to the parent company of the Orange County Register for $27.25 million, it was announced today.“We are pleased to have found a partner in Freedom Communications to purchase The Press-Enterprise assets and who we know will continue to support journalism as we have in the critical Inland Southern California region,”

Keeping the Whitewater River storm channel free of debris to limit flooding is a never-ending battle. The majority of the channel that runs through the Coachella Valley is maintained by the Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD). The agency is responsible for a 50-mile stretch of the storm channel, east of Cathedral City to the Salton

While the nation gets ready for a system of mandatory health care, many still view dental care as an option, a costly one. “It is not optional, our oral health is key to our overall health,” said Dr. Rene’ Dell’Acqua, a general and cosmetic dentist in Palm Desert. 127 million Americans (40 percent of the

The federal government shutdown is affecting lots of different groups of Americans. One of the lesser publicized groups is craft brewers. The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, or TBB, is part of the Treasury department. The agency handles approvals for new breweries, bottling, labeling and new recipes. For the Coachella Valley Brewing Company,

DIRECTV retir de su programacin a todas las estaciones propietarias de Gulf California Broadcasting incluyendo KESQ, CBS LOCAL 2, KDFX, KCWQ y KUNA, Palm Springs, California a las 10am (hora estnder del pacfico ) el mircoles. El gerente general de Gulf California Broadcasting, Mike Stutz expres su decepcin diciendo “DIRECTV privar a sus suscriptores de